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Wolves turn down request from Turkish giants Besiktas to purchase Tolu Arokodare

ENGLISH Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers have turned down a request from Turkish giants Besiktas to purchase Nigerian striker Tolu Arokodare during the current transfer window.

Arokodare, 25, was a £23m summer signing from Belgian side Genk during the summer transfer window. Wolves are currently rooted to the bottom of the Premier League, prompting Besiktas to made a bid for the striker in the hope that Wolves might want to offload their high earners.

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As the whole world remembers that horrific event called the Holocaust that was uncovered some 81 years ago, I cannot but ask us to cast our minds back to World War Two and ask ourselves some hard questions

Ayo Akinfe

[1] If you ask me, there is something fundamentally missing with us Africans as human beings that fails to explain our intellectual laziness

[2] Faced with the constant threat of terrorist attacks, Nigerian munitions manufacturing should be thriving in an unprecedented manner at the moment.

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Fela to be honoured with Grammy lifetime achievement award by Recording Academy

AFROBEAT creator and Nigeria's most popular citizen ever Fela Anikulapo-Kuti will is to be conferred with a lifetime achievement award at the next Grammy Awards ceremony taking place on February 1.

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As we await the full details of President Tinubu’s Turkish summit, I hope his next trip involves taking 20 evangelical clergymen to the Vatican to see how Christian finance works, so he can implement a plan like this

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Legislation must be passed compelling all clergymen to donate their privates jets to the state to be used as part of the fleet for a new national carrier. Nigeria Air did not take off because we did not have a budget to purchase the required aircrafts. It is unpatriotic to be flying around in a private jet when your country cannot afford an airline

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Chairman of Onitsha Main Market Traders Association backs Soludo over shutdown

GOVERNOR Charles Soludo's decision to clamp down on shops observing the Indigenous People of Biafra's (Ipob) Monday sit-ins has received the full support of Chijioke Okpalaugo the chairman of the Onitsha Main Market Traders Association.

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Ohanaeze Ndigbo backs Soludo over his decision to shut Onitsha market in a bid to end Monday boycotts

PAN-Igbo socio-cultural organisation Ohanaeze Ndigbo has thrown its weight behind Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State in his quest to end the ongoing Monday boycott of markets in solidarity with Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu.

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Nigerian military high command confirms that 35 officers have been detained over coup plot

ABOUT 35 Nigerian military officers are currently being detained by security operatives over their involvement in an alleged coup plot against President Bola Tinubu according to online media portal Sahara Reporters.

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Super Falcons striker Joy Omewa joins Women's Super League Two side Nottingham Forest

SUPER Falcons striker Joy Omewa has joined English Women's Super League (WSL) Two side Nottingham Forest from Danish club Fortuna Hjørring until the end of the 2025/26 season.

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Southwark Crown Court told that Diezani spent £2m on luxury items at London's Harrods

FORMER petroleum minister Diezani Alison-Madueke has been found to have spent over £2m on luxury items at London's iconic Harrods store while she was in office between 2010 and 2015.

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